QSA will be presenting at the 2026 APS Global Physics Summit. If you’re attending the 2026 APS March Meeting, be sure to join the sessions and learn how QSA is helping to build the quantum future—from next-generation platforms and error correction to applications in sensing and simulation.
QSA at APS 2026 – Speaker List
March 15
Speaker: John Martinis
Institution: Qolab
Title: Prehistoric qubits: experiments testing the fundamental physics of superconducting quantum devices
Location: Convention Center, Bellco Theatre 3-5
Time: 5:32-6:08 p.m.
Session: Special Session featuring the Nobel Laureates
March 16
Speaker: Mohsin Raza
Institution: University of New Mexico
Title: Benchmarking quantum computers in nonequilibrium quantum simulations
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 4E
Time: 9:12-9:24 a.m.
Session: MAR-A17
Speaker: Julien-Pierre Houle
Institution: Université de Sherbrooke
Title: TERRA: Tensor-network Error-mitigated Robust Randomized Algorithm
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 1D
Time: 10:48-11:00 a.m.
Session: MAR-F08
Speaker: Oliver Maupin
Institution: Sandia National Labs
Title: Benchmarking device capability and error mitigation
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 1C
Time: 12:00-12:12 p.m.
Session: MAR-B07
Speaker: Yilun Yang
Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Title: Quantum Filtering and Analysis of Multiplicities in Eigenvalue Spectra
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 1AB
Time: 1:48-2:00 p.m.
Session: MAR-B06
Speaker: Yilun Xu
Institution: LBL
Title: A Heterogeneous Low-Latency Interconnect Enabling Large-Scale Qubit Control and Real-Time AI Inference
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 1D
Time: 1:48-2:00 p.m.
Session: MAR-B08
Speaker: Jun Ye
Institution: University of Colorado Boulder
Title: Precision Optical Interfermiter for laser frequency stabilization and it’s various applications
Location: Convention Center, Meeting Room 712
Time: 2:06-2:42 p.m.
Session: EVM-P77
Speaker: Neel Vora
Institution: LBL
Title: AI for Quantum Control and Measurement: In-Situ Learning and Adaptive Optimization in QubiCML
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 1D
Time: 2:48-3:00 p.m.
Session: MAR-B08
Speaker: Norbert Linke
Institution: University of Maryland
Title: Phonon-qubit hybrid quantum simulation with trapped ions
Location: Convention Center, Meeting Room 302
Time: 3:30-4:06 p.m.
Session: MAR-C29
Speaker: Gabriel Cutter
Institution: MIT
Title: Through-Silicon Vias (TSVs) for High-Coherence Superconducting Qubit Devices
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 4C
Time: 3:30-3:42 p.m.
Session: MAR-C15
Speaker: Farid Hassani Bijarbooneh
Institution: MIT
Title: Flip-Chip Architecture with Metallized Silicon Posts for Superconducting Qubit Integration
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 4C
Time: 4:18-4:30 p.m.
Session: MAR-C15
Speaker: Megan Ivory
Institution: Sandia
Title: Outcomes of a first Quantum Technician Bootcamp
Location: Convention Center, Meeting Room 108
Time: 4:18-4:30 p.m.
Session: MAR-C21
Speaker: Anthony Ciavarella
Institution: LBL
Title: Truncation uncertainties for accurate quantum simulations of lattice gauge theories
Location: Hyatt Regency, Mineral F/G
Time: 4:30-4:42 p.m.
Session: APR-D91
Speaker: Zihao Wang
Institution: University of Rochester
Title: Probing excited-state dynamics of transmon ionization
Location: Convention Center, Four Seasons Ballroom 4
Time: 4:42-5:18 p.m.
Session: MAR-C05
Speaker: Eric Bobrow
Institution: Sandia
Title: Thermal state preparation for quantum simulation of degenerate plasmas
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 1D
Time: 4:54-5:06 p.m.
Session: MAR-C08
Speaker: Sebastian Grieninger
Institution: University of Washington
Title: The thermal nature and quantum magic of confining strings
Location: Hyatt Regency, Mineral F/G
Time: 4:54-5:06 p.m.
Session: APR-D91
Speaker: Felix Knollmann
Institution: MIT
Title: Trap-Integrated Collection of Ion Fluorescence for Heralded Entanglement Generation
Location: Convention Center, Meeting Room 302
Time: 5:06-5:18 p.m.
Session: MAR-C29
March 17
Speaker: Shravan Shravan
Institution: University of New Mexico
Title: Analysis of schemes for achieving Heisenberg-limited non-Markovian metrology
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 4F
Time: 9:12-9:24 a.m.
Session: MAR-S18
Speaker: Max Porter
Institution: Sandia
Title: Prospects for improving chemical control with a fault-tolerant quantum computer
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 1D
Time: 12:24-12:36 p.m.
Session: MAR-G08
Speaker: Murray Holland
Institution: JILA
Title: Programmable multiaxis inertial sensing in optical lattices via machine learning methods
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 2A/3A
Time: 1:12-1:48 p.m.
Session: MAR-G11
Speaker: Jaeyong Hwang
Institution: JILA
Title: Hybrid qubit-oscillator module with motional states of two trapped interacting atoms
Location: Convention Center, Meeting Room 301
Time: 1:12-1:24 p.m.
Session: MAR-G28
Speaker: Ken Brown
Institution: Duke University
Title: Ion Trap Quantum Simulators for Spin-Boson Models
Location: Convention Center, Bellco Theatre 6-7
Time: 1:48-2:24 p.m.
Session: EVM-P77
Speaker: Steven Pampel
Institution: JILA
Title: Creating Motional-State Qubits with Anharmonic Optical Tweezer Potentials
Location: Convention Center, Meeting Room 301
Time: 2:12-2:24 p.m.
Session: MAR-G28
Speaker: Conall McCabe
Institution: JILA
Title: A Gaussian-Cat Qubit in an Optical Tweezer
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 1AB
Time: 3:42-3:54 p.m.
Session: MAR-J06
Speaker: Thomas Steckmann
Institution: University of Maryland
Title: Readout-Free Majority Decoding via Asymmetric Rydberg Antiblockade
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 1AB
Time: 3:54-4:06 p.m.
Session: MAR-J06
Speaker: Kangdi Yu
Institution: UC Berkeley
Title: A phonon-engineered merged-element transmon qubit: Part 1
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 4AB
Time: 3:54-4:06 p.m.
Session: MAR-J14
Speaker: Jinen Guo
Institution: Harvard
Title: Continuous operation of a coherent 3,000-qubit system. Part 1: High-rate qubit reloading
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 1AB
Time: 4:30-4:42 p.m.
Session: MAR-J06
Speaker: Neng-Chun Chiu
Institution: Harvard
Title: Continuous operation of a coherent 3,000-qubit system. Part II: Coherent Operation
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 1AB
Time: 4:42-4:54 p.m.
Session: MAR-J06
Speaker: Yashwanth Balaji
Institution: LBL
Title: Gap engineered- Asymmetric Josephson junctions for Quantum Information Processing
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 4AB
Time: 5:54-6:06 p.m.
Session: MAR-J14
March 18
Speaker: Basie Seibert
Institution: University of New Mexico
Title: Measurement reduction and Hamiltonian trimming for the contextual subspace variational quantum eigensolver
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 1D
Time: 8:12-8:24 a.m.
Session: MAR-L08
Speaker: Gang Huang
Institution: LBL
Title: QubiC: A distributed Classical Control Architecture for Complex Quantum Processors
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 1C
Time: 8:36-8:48 a.m.
Session: MAR-L07
Speaker: Manuel Endres
Institution: Caltech
Title: Neutral-atom platforms for quantum computing and precision metrology
Location: Bellco Theatre 6-7
Time: 8:36-9:12 a.m.
Session: MAR-L03
Speaker: Adam Kaufman
Institution: JILA
Title: Developing the omg architecture in 171Yb for applications in quantum error correction and quantum metrology
Location: Bellco Theatre 6-7
Time: 9:12-9:48 a.m.
Session: MAR-L03
Speaker: Yipei Zhang
Institution: UC Berkeley
Title: Convergence and schedule optimization of multi-channel quantum Zeno dragging with application to k-SAT problems, part 1
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 1D
Time: 9:36-9:48 a.m.
Session: MAR-L08
Speaker: Tathagata Karmakar
Institution: UC Berkeley
Title: Convergence and schedule optimization of multi-channel quantum Zeno dragging with application to k-SAT problems, part II
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 1D
Time: 10:24-10:36 a.m.
Session: MAR-L08
Speaker: Thomas Ersevim
Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Title: The Superconducting Grid-States Qubit: Theory
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 4AB
Time: 10:00-10:12 a.m.
Session: MAR-L14
Speaker: Hyunseong Kim
Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Title: The Superconducting Grid-States Qubit: Experiment
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 4AB
Time: 10:12 – 10:24 a.m.
Session: MAR-L14
Speaker: Mohammad Hafezi
Institution: University of Maryland
Title: Nonlinear topological photonics: nested frequency combs and novel phase-matching schemes
Location: Convention Center, Meeting Room 301
Time: 12:00-12:36 p.m.
Session: MAR-M28
Speaker: Qi Ding
Institution: MIT
Title: Frequency- and Amplitude-Modulated Universal Gate Set
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 1D
Time: 12:48-1:00 p.m.
Session: MAR-M08
Speaker: Norman Yao
Institution: Harvard
Title: Robust Kardar-Parisi-Zhang transport in long-range interacting quantum spin chains
Location: Convention Center, Meeting Room 302
Time: 3:30-4:06 p.m.
Session: MAR-P29
Speaker: Benjamin Corbett
Institution: University of New Mexico
Title: Scaling up the transcorrelated density matrix renormalization group
Location: Convention Center, Meeting Room 605
Time: 4:06-4:18 p.m.
Session: MAR-W45
Speaker: Mathieu Fechant
Institution: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Title: Offset charge dependence of MIST and Stark Shift TLS Characterization
Location: Convention Center, Four Seasons Ballroom 4
Time: 4:06-4:18 p.m.
Session: MAR-C05
March 19
Speaker: Christoph Kaubruegger
Institution: University of Colorado, Boulder
Title: Lieb-Mattis States for Robust entangled differential phase sensing
Location: Convention Center, Meeting Room 301
Time: 9:36-9:48 a.m.
Session: MAR-S28
Speaker: Mythili Surendran
Institution: LBL
Title: Probing Microstructure, Superconducting Properties and Disorder in NbN Thin Films Using Kinetic Inductance Devices
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 4AB
Time: 12:00-12:12 p.m.
Session: MAR-U14
Speaker: Othmane Benhayoune Khadraoui
Institution: Université de Sherbrooke
Title: Probing Long-range coupler for superconducting qubits using multimode filters
Location: Convention Center, Four Seasons Ballroom 4
Time: 12:24-12:36 p.m.
Session: MAR-U05
Speaker: Cora Barrett
Institution: MIT
Title: Paraparticle emulation on a superconducting qubit lattice, Part 1
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 4E
Time: 1:12-1:24 p.m.
Session: MAR-U17
Speaker: Gyunghun (Hoon) Kim
Institution: MIT
Title: Paraparticle emulation on a superconducting qubit lattice, Part 2
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 4E
Time: 1:24-1:36 p.m.
Session: MAR-U17
Speaker: Ana Maria Rey
Institution: JILA
Title: Quantum Chaos and Entanglement in a Trapped Ion Crystal
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 1C
Time: 1:48-2:24 p.m.
Session: MAR-U07
Speaker: Seth Hew Peng Chew
Institution: JILA
Title: Exploring correlated hopping along a synthetic dimension in a strontium cavity QED
Location: Convention Center, Meeting Room 605
Time: 2:12-2:24 p.m.
Session: MAR-U45
Speaker: Matjaz Kebric
Institution: JILA
Title: Scalable spin squeezing in a three-dimensional optical lattice clock induced by superexchange
Location: Convention Center, Meeting Room 605
Time: 2:24-2:36 p.m.
Session: MAR-U45
Speaker: Alex Chapple
Institution: Universite de Sherbrooke
Title: Junction readout without flux loops or parasitic modes
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 1C
Time: 3:30-3:42 p.m.
Session: MAR-W07
Speaker: Guilaume Beaulieu
Institution: Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL)
Title: High-fidelity junction readout via nonperturbative cross-Kerr coupling with intrinsic purcell protection
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 1C
Time: 3:42-3:54 p.m.
Session: MAR-W07
Speaker: John Preskill
Institution: Caltech
Title: Kavli Invited Talk: The Road to Quantum Advantage
Location: Convention Center, Bellco Theatre 3-5
Time: 4:05-4:41 p.m.
Session: MAR-X02
Speaker: Miguel Moreira
Institution: MIT
Title: Measurement Induced State Transitions and Quantum Non-Demolition Readout in Fluxonium Qubits
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 1C
Time: 5:30-5:42 p.m.
Session: MAR-W07
Speaker: Alexander McDonald
Institution: Université de Sherbrooke
Title: Readout with strong drives beyond static or semi-classical approximations
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 1C
Time: 5:54-6:06 p.m.
Session: MAR-W07
Speaker: Chitose Maruko
Institution: University of Colorado, Boulder
Title: Realization of three and four-body interaction in a cavity-QED system
Location: Convention Center, Exhibit Hall D, E & F, Level 2
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Session: Poster Session III: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
March 20
Speaker: Lin Lin
Institution: UC Berkeley
Title: End-to-End Efficiency in Dissipative Preparation of Thermal and Ground States
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 1C
Time: 9:48-10:24 a.m.
Session: MAR-Y07
Speaker: Gustave Coulombe
Institution: Université de Sherbrooke
Title: Effect of Strong Drives on the Inductively Shunted Transmon and its Impact on Readout
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 4AB
Time: 9:48-10:00 a.m.
Session: MAR-Y14
Speaker: Benjamin Remez
Institution: University of Maryland
Title: Andreev Optoelectronics: Absorption Spectroscopy and Microwave-Optical Transduction
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 4D
Time: 10:00-10:12 a.m.
Session: MAR-Y16
Speaker: Ziqi (Candice) Kang
Institution: UC Berkeley
Title: Time-domain electromagnetic modeling for multi-qubit superconducting systems
Location: Convention Center, Four Seasons Ballroom 4
Time: 10:24-10:36 a.m.
Session: MAR-Y05
Speaker: Andrew Nonaka
Institution: LBL
Title: High-Fidelity, HPC-driven Physical Modeling of EM Wave/Qubit Interactions
Location: Convention Center, Four Seasons Ballroom 4
Time: 10:36-10:48 a.m.
Session: MAR-Y05
Speaker: Baptiste Hoyau
Institution: Université de Sherbrooke
Title: Towards multi-qubit readout simulations
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 4AB
Time: 10:36-10:48 a.m.
Session: MAR-Y14
Speaker: Vinay Vikramaditya
Institution: University of Maryland
Title: Observation of quantum-field-theory dynamics on a spin-phonon quantum computer: Theory
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 4F
Time: 12:36-12:48 p.m.
Session: MAR-Z18
Speaker: Anton Than
Institution: University of Maryland
Title: Observation of quantum-field-theory dynamics on a spin-phonon quantum computer: Experiment
Location: Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 4F
Time: 12:48-1:00 p.m.
Session: MAR-Z18
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